Pro Vista

I've been reading alot of disses of Vista these days (including this group)
and I was among them a couple of months ago. I admit that it took awhile for
me to actually move to Vista. I've had my share of problems, but now that I
have customized it the way i want and researched and fixed my problems (and
learned alot while doing so), I absolutely LOVE it.

Don't blame Vista if old apps don't run -- i would think it's up to the
software manu's to keep up!! Adobe released it's CS3 apps in order to keep
step and it was well worth the upgrade as the apps are more stable and more
feature-rich than ever (and better integrated). The new Office 2007 took a
bit of getting used to, but all in all -- a vast improvement and a great
upgrade.

I have 6 gigs of ram in my Vista (xeon) computer and am running 3-20" flat
screens (extended desktop), and it's fast, efficient, looks great, runs
snappy and hasn't crashed once!! My XP computer had 4 gigs of ram running
the same monitors and similar apps (CS2 stuff) and crashed constantly.

I personally feel that Vista is all-around a great operating system and a
BIG improvement over XP.

But, that's just me.

I am glad you had the perseverance to work through the issues.

When all is said and done, Vista is nothing more than a tool to get things
accomplished.

The 90% of the users who agree with you will never post here.

9% of the people who have problems may never find these news groups.

Then there is the 1% who will say that you are wrong for liking Vista.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"Susan" <> wrote in message
news:C2B59DE4-4312-40DB-B260-...
> I've been reading alot of disses of Vista these days (including this
> group) and I was among them a couple of months ago. I admit that it took
> awhile for me to actually move to Vista. I've had my share of problems,
> but now that I have customized it the way i want and researched and fixed
> my problems (and learned alot while doing so), I absolutely LOVE it.
>
> Don't blame Vista if old apps don't run -- i would think it's up to the
> software manu's to keep up!! Adobe released it's CS3 apps in order to keep
> step and it was well worth the upgrade as the apps are more stable and
> more feature-rich than ever (and better integrated). The new Office 2007
> took a bit of getting used to, but all in all -- a vast improvement and a
> great upgrade.
>
> I have 6 gigs of ram in my Vista (xeon) computer and am running 3-20" flat
> screens (extended desktop), and it's fast, efficient, looks great, runs
> snappy and hasn't crashed once!! My XP computer had 4 gigs of ram running
> the same monitors and similar apps (CS2 stuff) and crashed constantly.
>
> I personally feel that Vista is all-around a great operating system and a
> BIG improvement over XP.
>
> But, that's just me.

Susan wrote:
> I've been reading alot of disses of Vista these days (including this
> group) and I was among them a couple of months ago. I admit that it took
> awhile for me to actually move to Vista. I've had my share of problems,
> but now that I have customized it the way i want and researched and
> fixed my problems (and learned alot while doing so), I absolutely LOVE it.
>
> Don't blame Vista if old apps don't run -- i would think it's up to the
> software manu's to keep up!! Adobe released it's CS3 apps in order to
> keep step and it was well worth the upgrade as the apps are more stable
> and more feature-rich than ever (and better integrated). The new Office
> 2007 took a bit of getting used to, but all in all -- a vast improvement
> and a great upgrade.
>
> I have 6 gigs of ram in my Vista (xeon) computer and am running 3-20"
> flat screens (extended desktop), and it's fast, efficient, looks great,
> runs snappy and hasn't crashed once!! My XP computer had 4 gigs of ram
> running the same monitors and similar apps (CS2 stuff) and crashed
> constantly.
>
> I personally feel that Vista is all-around a great operating system and
> a BIG improvement over XP.
>
> But, that's just me.

Whoa!...nice setup!!!
Graphic designer?
Frank

Yes, graphic designer. Guess that was pretty obvious, huh!! (I also do some
IT support on several SBS installs, so am not new to troubleshooting.)

I think the key with Vista is taking control. I just had to teach it who's
boss!!

"Frank" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Susan wrote:
>> I've been reading alot of disses of Vista these days (including this
>> group) and I was among them a couple of months ago. I admit that it took
>> awhile for me to actually move to Vista. I've had my share of problems,
>> but now that I have customized it the way i want and researched and fixed
>> my problems (and learned alot while doing so), I absolutely LOVE it.
>>
>> Don't blame Vista if old apps don't run -- i would think it's up to the
>> software manu's to keep up!! Adobe released it's CS3 apps in order to
>> keep step and it was well worth the upgrade as the apps are more stable
>> and more feature-rich than ever (and better integrated). The new Office
>> 2007 took a bit of getting used to, but all in all -- a vast improvement
>> and a great upgrade.
>>
>> I have 6 gigs of ram in my Vista (xeon) computer and am running 3-20"
>> flat screens (extended desktop), and it's fast, efficient, looks great,
>> runs snappy and hasn't crashed once!! My XP computer had 4 gigs of ram
>> running the same monitors and similar apps (CS2 stuff) and crashed
>> constantly.
>>
>> I personally feel that Vista is all-around a great operating system and a
>> BIG improvement over XP.
>>
>> But, that's just me.
>
> Whoa!...nice setup!!!
> Graphic designer?
> Frank

"Susan" <> wrote in message
news:C2B59DE4-4312-40DB-B260-...
> I've been reading alot of disses of Vista these days (including this
> group) and I was among them a couple of months ago. I admit that it took
> awhile for me to actually move to Vista. I've had my share of problems,
> but now that I have customized it the way i want and researched and fixed
> my problems (and learned alot while doing so), I absolutely LOVE it.
>
> Don't blame Vista if old apps don't run -- i would think it's up to the
> software manu's to keep up!! Adobe released it's CS3 apps in order to keep
> step and it was well worth the upgrade as the apps are more stable and
> more feature-rich than ever (and better integrated). The new Office 2007
> took a bit of getting used to, but all in all -- a vast improvement and a
> great upgrade.
>
> I have 6 gigs of ram in my Vista (xeon) computer and am running 3-20" flat
> screens (extended desktop), and it's fast, efficient, looks great, runs
> snappy and hasn't crashed once!! My XP computer had 4 gigs of ram running
> the same monitors and similar apps (CS2 stuff) and crashed constantly.
>
> I personally feel that Vista is all-around a great operating system and a
> BIG improvement over XP.
>
> But, that's just me.



This was the key phrase for me....

"....and researched and fixed my problems (and
learned alot while doing so), I absolutely LOVE it."

I'd go along with that. The quality of the experience of Vista is directly
proportional to the willingness to research and learn.

--
Jon

Susan wrote:
> Yes, graphic designer. Guess that was pretty obvious, huh!! (I also do
> some IT support on several SBS installs, so am not new to troubleshooting.)
>
> I think the key with Vista is taking control. I just had to teach it
> who's boss!!

Yeah...we found that out early on.
Better be in control of it or else! :-)
Frank

I too have had my share of problems with Vista, but after a few weeks of
hunting new drivers and fixing a few problems with some software, I love
Vista. Not enough people tell it like it is. My machine sings.

"Susan" <> wrote in message
news:C2B59DE4-4312-40DB-B260-...
> I've been reading alot of disses of Vista these days (including this
> group) and I was among them a couple of months ago. I admit that it took
> awhile for me to actually move to Vista. I've had my share of problems,
> but now that I have customized it the way i want and researched and fixed
> my problems (and learned alot while doing so), I absolutely LOVE it.
>
> Don't blame Vista if old apps don't run -- i would think it's up to the
> software manu's to keep up!! Adobe released it's CS3 apps in order to keep
> step and it was well worth the upgrade as the apps are more stable and
> more feature-rich than ever (and better integrated). The new Office 2007
> took a bit of getting used to, but all in all -- a vast improvement and a
> great upgrade.
>
> I have 6 gigs of ram in my Vista (xeon) computer and am running 3-20" flat
> screens (extended desktop), and it's fast, efficient, looks great, runs
> snappy and hasn't crashed once!! My XP computer had 4 gigs of ram running
> the same monitors and similar apps (CS2 stuff) and crashed constantly.
>
> I personally feel that Vista is all-around a great operating system and a
> BIG improvement over XP.
>
> But, that's just me.

Jon;
"The quality of the experience of Vista is directly..."
Replace the word Vista with just about anything new.
There will be something to learn if the benefits are to be best used.
This is not unique to Windows or even computer technologies.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Jon" <> wrote in message
news:...
> This was the key phrase for me....
>
> "....and researched and fixed my problems (and
> learned alot while doing so), I absolutely LOVE it."
>
> I'd go along with that. The quality of the experience of Vista is
> directly proportional to the willingness to research and learn.
>
> --
> Jon

Will admit that i have no idea what the basic experience a general "home
user" encounters (not using the 'home' version -- am running Vista
Business).

Yes, i had some issues...irritating ones at that. Silly stuff like trying to
copy/paste a dumb font file out the fonts folder to another folder -- and i
was denied access (that didn't last long though!!). That's just to name one
stupid one (but it made me mad at the time). Most were just dumb things and
personal preferences (how folders display, etc). My XP box is nicely
customized as well.

But, that said, the generation using computers now should know how to have
control...and limit it as well. Not a bad thing.

"Jon" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Susan" <> wrote in message
> news:C2B59DE4-4312-40DB-B260-...
>> I've been reading alot of disses of Vista these days (including this
>> group) and I was among them a couple of months ago. I admit that it took
>> awhile for me to actually move to Vista. I've had my share of problems,
>> but now that I have customized it the way i want and researched and fixed
>> my problems (and learned alot while doing so), I absolutely LOVE it.
>>
>> Don't blame Vista if old apps don't run -- i would think it's up to the
>> software manu's to keep up!! Adobe released it's CS3 apps in order to
>> keep step and it was well worth the upgrade as the apps are more stable
>> and more feature-rich than ever (and better integrated). The new Office
>> 2007 took a bit of getting used to, but all in all -- a vast improvement
>> and a great upgrade.
>>
>> I have 6 gigs of ram in my Vista (xeon) computer and am running 3-20"
>> flat screens (extended desktop), and it's fast, efficient, looks great,
>> runs snappy and hasn't crashed once!! My XP computer had 4 gigs of ram
>> running the same monitors and similar apps (CS2 stuff) and crashed
>> constantly.
>>
>> I personally feel that Vista is all-around a great operating system and a
>> BIG improvement over XP.
>>
>> But, that's just me.
>
>
>
> This was the key phrase for me....
>
> "....and researched and fixed my problems (and
> learned alot while doing so), I absolutely LOVE it."
>
> I'd go along with that. The quality of the experience of Vista is
> directly proportional to the willingness to research and learn.
>
> --
> Jon
>
>

Jon,
EXACTLY... some have a harder time with 'change' than others.
and some -- are still using windows 98.

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Jon;
> "The quality of the experience of Vista is directly..."
> Replace the word Vista with just about anything new.
> There will be something to learn if the benefits are to be best used.
> This is not unique to Windows or even computer technologies.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "Jon" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> This was the key phrase for me....
>>
>> "....and researched and fixed my problems (and
>> learned alot while doing so), I absolutely LOVE it."
>>
>> I'd go along with that. The quality of the experience of Vista is
>> directly proportional to the willingness to research and learn.
>>
>> --
>> Jon
>